Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćyaHwás

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Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱyeh₁-wó-s.[1] Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *śī́ˀwas (“gray”).[1][2]

Adjective

*ćyaHwás

  1. black-brown, dark-brown, dark

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śyaHwás
  • Proto-Iranian: *cyaHwáh (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 661
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